"Raritan Blues VS Barnegat Blues" Fish On 4/27/08

[Fishonw/Ron]

The Raritan Bay is alive and blue. Swarms of hungry bluefish were caught on bunker from Raritan bay to Barnegat Light. Anglers are trying to get past the relentless blues in search of a few keeper bass for the diner table. Bass reports are coming in on NJSaltwaterfisherman.com despite tough weather this week. Anxious anglers fought big blues up to 15 pounds and they were hitting just about anything you can dish out. It seems like flounder fishing took a back seat overnight.

 The Striper run has begun in the Raritan with fish up to 20 lbs taken on clams and bunker heads but it’s still a bit early. The bay warmed up to 58 degrees and that’s what we needed. For now most will drift live bunker until they locate those trophy size fish before anchoring up on the chunk.

Great Kills harbor was loaded with huge schools of bunker and below them were blues, bass and even a few weak fish were taken up to 12lbs over the week end. I know by now you can’t wait to dip a line in the water. If time is against you don’t worry after work charters from 5pm to 9pm are just starting and in most cases those are the magic hours for some big twighlight bass. Find a captain and a night off and get out there.
Big Blues were also being caught from the suds from Staten Island all along the Jersey coast. Look for crashing birds and you can’t miss. The bite for blues is a bit early but a great sign for what’s to come.

In Barnegat Bay Captain Steve Purul from Reel Fantasea Charters saw top water action with big blues in the 5-8lbs range on poppers, in and around most of the bays shallow flats, the bite was best described as a steady pick with exciting visible strikes. All in all it was a ton of action for Captain Steve with reels screaming and rods bending with consistency. The bays water quality is crystal clear making for some astounding visual excitement and with the blues just arriving the action promises to only get better from here so give him a shout at Reel Fantasea Charters 609-290-1217

Fish On

[ped579]

Good report as usual Ron.

The IBSP inlet was alive as well.  Bucktails seemed to be the winner there.  I managed to pull in a nice blue on a chartreuse and white bucktail tipped with a Gulp white curly tail.

The back flats all the way around to the canoe and kayak launching area at A21 was thick with fish as well back there it was mostly top water poppers though.

Happy Catching

Paul

[Fishonw/Ron]

Thanks Paul .Thanks I need you to start sending me those sud reports. Glad to hear you are working it..

[ped579]

When would you need them by?

[Fishonw/Ron]

By Sunday Morning for that weeks print.

[ped579]

   Got cha,,,

That is good since a lot of action happens, at least with me, close to the weekend.

[IrishAyes]

Nice report Ron, thanks. 

[Capt. Mike]

Great report Ron! 

[Luna Sea 5]

like always   

[Fishonw/Ron]

That will work for me a paragraph or two

  Got cha,,,

That is good since a lot of action happens, at least with me, close to the weekend.

[Fishin Dude]

Thanks for the update.  <'((((><

[Bucktail]

Nice report Ron!

[mboy]

Few more weeks Ron Get ready to play hookey from work

[PeggyLee]

Nice report. pleasure to read.